The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-28

y Y Ee dared III WAS BY the Cf0ce Of Hayes
and bis eomnussiOn from fl5a 90fb "a AVA
thst the redemption Of Ilduisi5na tg1s III
aHse, and At . mysierigns eonelaYe between
selat0r Unison, y. y. White and others on
b. 1Attf OF Gov; Nieholla and the Hayes Gem
IfsAsloIg another reform speaker tells a.,
whse,a tle diekefa, pledges and irhdes vsra
eonggn. mated that secured our freedom III
How aT6s,ge 70 reconcile those statements
With the pr.seleinatipu Of Gov. Frnncis IN
Nichols, da9ess March 90, 1877, deeisgfng
that his F0FgrTfsAenl WA firmly establishea
and that there N,pnld be no eomDrOnisas
from that time forN.ard that would be odiois
history 81 the events OF Is7g-fbs bisi Nv
mona ne LIST Of January 10 the eloae, pifb
eYeFy dispatch sent BY GOV. Nichols OF seait
~ myself m that negotiation. II is too Tong
q story y weary Che people with now, and
have little desire To 70 back tor years "a
Quibble, but itfsn
MISREPRESENTATION or HISTORY
to accept she statement that these mere in.
hstllt5leAt g Fnat we're sent out here 70 carry
2nt me policy that bad been agreed upon be-
fors the pFQpse OF the whole country--s
policy % which President Grant and Hi.
haYes had been committed m FsbFuarY--a
POLICY p which every loading Republican In
gress had besn committed In February:
DDf bRrRRin made IN corner,
not tgRneactlon that was 10 be hid from tha
light 9f day, bnt stipulation made and
forced the acknowledgement from Grant aud
Hayes and from the leaders OF the Rapubi-
can party that thereafter Tie military hand
vas q bg taken from this State, and that tbs
people OF L0nisiana should be as free Us the
people III heT York II Ras mt done II
April, II was not done By one man. N the
early part Of those events the senior Senator
pore shars, bat when the main issue came,
Was MOI actively engaged. When this new
moFeinent Was inaiRnrRted and tho Demo-
cret4e eAuens had met To declare what action
tRss MSi'ia tsse upon ne Decision q The
beutaiiges, Ellis and Levy, vent before that
caueue and begged and plead With the Deln0e-
f4ey Of this country that II they had any
pisa or p0ii@y looking toward the iDaugura-
tionof MI. 1ildeR and would tel III what
y was We would step 2 the fescne and pre-
4 they dld not and il they had deterqliped
70 FAeia up the contest, then Me demanded IN
the interest Of the Democratic party 81 tho
country and Of common Justice, that the
stipllation should be made that Louisiana
ana ADuth Carolina should go free. What
sag tiie answer % our demand--to our plead
S.Be q gesqTged, That the electoral count
shall proceed, without dilat0rY objection, To
We qEderi eE5s3eatioa 81 the aetof Congress
cTsRtlng the Eigetpfsi Commigsion.h
where Vas LOnl5iRnR end the Nichols
governments ct that tqnetfiTe, when the
Whele DemQeratie party had laid down their
AHAtNs -HiAAtEUhENHu tfts nMNlDAlhl cHal-
test, also Louisiana and south Caro-
idna4 Then il was that tic movement YRa
organized with which Senator Gibson had
nothing y do. We ipaugurated the Ouaehtta
FhiTty-tWp members IN the House Of ltepfe,
seatntiYeg who we're resisting TIE cOnnt and
begged and plead With the other Democrats
70 come n and make stand until We could
ing and guaranteeing TO let Louisiana and
South CaEolinR go free, II 8as the
ADOPTION OF TBR OuAsHTTA PLkN
on the floOr Of Congress- that Raye rs the
guarantees under which the Commission WAS
sent W Louisiana, ard they we're no more
than g mere get Of clerks 10 carry out the
work that had been commanded OF them,
vel rec0llect on the morning after that
caucus, Wliep called upon biT. Hewitt the
SagssitllnaP9E tle 4ai9aai De 4, ne go5l-
raey 0f Lauisiapa7 How sFe Fe to EecouDt 10
them for ibis RbandOnInent2p 'Whg, Mr..
Burke, We have not abandoned y0n. We
want 70 40 anything that we eau foT I.guisi-
ana" iHoB can you say that IN the faeB 81
the action u Tie caleps iRst nigbt7 Yon Nv
down your oFlns; yoq sllrEender not only the
nRB,9nm eontesh but Elth II you burTe10gF
Democ1atiG rleeesg p the future.p ''Well,
MT. Burke, y be sid, 1.-THE Democratic party
cannot afford to take the responsibility of
PAuiR9glng tpls country mt anarshE anq
BpDpEibility fairly aud HanAEeiy upon the
shoulders ~ sIie ReDuhllesn party and "a
before the people four years hepce,H an,
r. Hegitt that may d fer you in New
Liberty aud the civilization Of Cur people are
~ stake non eapnot hage peace and order
IN this country with i+ollisieaa under carpet-
bag rule, We VIII 10 compelled To force d
military. 9pgei11q9pt over our people ~ prof
erenee tq The Iobbing, piundering govern-
nent under which we have suffered We viii
be compelled " hight, and South Caroline
States Will ~ drawn into II aud tae country
may be PM ID revolution. Where will he
your values and traders statement Of tho
tects were presented g t}ealoereiic alel r
could. He beid that llo could not oppose
FHE gINAL VOTE
on The count because he supported the cleo
to1al lill, but he went to the Democrats ~
the House end he carried tbs statement u
MI Eiiis Snd It'll. levy ana or faoifds 5t
Ewelled that opposition 70 the cQnnt 10 ~
votes, end fbe1 Ii was that lhe pledges and
gilR1taplees were siyep that Louisiana should
p w wsHmoFos, Feb. 81 is7-g 100 ,. 10,
GOV. r. =. NicbclIs;
We have been one week organizing q force 10
SggiHa WI tl. n, y A ss w,
MAftbcWAi DAnpsSoD, Garheld Rnd Foster. We
esssifg pqhee, order pF9teetop y lag e Sllite
duet; No iumqhity Tor cflns. On NE other
land py grglial pEpee7si fiiel metAo9s as raeljt
withdtnwaJ 81 tg9ops non jntarfergnto reT0ea-
ton ot niBtsry erders
AB ~ SelHtg ~ el9se; pnltg ines ~ dsa'yq thht
ept effdeatlals MsIcl Y great dapges II ia.
ET4angeIRent r. let long tenn ssiletglfbsp re-
1psin fseapt 14W R9a osll 5tr q sessieii elo1t
ufiasl0l ~ l3rg Eeltn senator 20 4ateFRsd Until
the axtrg aeaFian cQuk4 eSest oar lNEei1AG sem
tINf1l eEtrL EHNlalHfHEN can